Hook and link.



No. 841,164. I PATENTED JAN. 15, 1907.

L. D. MATTASSI. HOOK AND LINK. APPLICATION TILED NOV.21,1905.

'ATTORNE Y6.

/I.VvENTOR WITNEES 'UNITED STATES PATENT I a ures DOMANICO MATTASSI, or MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.

HOOK AND LINK.

a. 841,164. Speciflcationof Letters Patent. Patented m -1e, 1907.

' I Application illed Hovernber 21.1906- Sarial No. 2885472- To all whom it may conc rnthe hook B, hereinbeforereferred to. Th

Be it known that I,-Lu1en DOMAN'ICO Ma'rlink G on being-pushed downward slides" 'rassr, a subject of the King of Italy, residing between the flattened end F of the hook .B

I at 82 William street, Melbourne, in the State and the shank G into the body or'loop of the .new and useful Improvements in- Hooks and link G through the working of the chain of Victoria, Austraha, have invented certain hook and is then ready for use. Should the Links; and I do declare the following to be a when in 0 eration move or press upward, 1t full, clear, and exact description of the invenis met an stoppled by the inwardly-point ng tion,'such as will enable others skilled inthe end A of the 00k Band cannot become art to which it appertains to make and use loosened from such hook. 'From the peculthe same. g iar shape and setting of the shank of the This invention has been devised to rovide hook at J and also the obstructive position imgrovements in the construction 0 hooks of the pointA a bar is effectively produ ed an also-in the.construction of links in chains against the escape of the link G until the atused for haula 'e; but the invention is also ter has been carefully brought into exact oapplicable to dhains for various otherpur- 'sition, as calculated, for withdrawal. on

poses. it is desired toremove the link G from its 70.

The object in the invention is to provide a hook B, the former is moved so that it lies at safety connection between the. hook andlink right an les to the plane of the length of the so that the latter cannot come away from the latter. ts indented portion I may then be former unless by a peculiar arrangement of slid-u the shank C at J towardthe eyelet E. the parts. L f The attened end F of the hook and the In order that my invention may be, the flattened portion H of the inside of the lmk. more easily understood, reference may be G will then touch one another and the link G made to the accompanying drawings, in. can be freely withdrawn. which- The top portion F of the point A of the Figure 1 is a side elevation showinia link hook B is formed inclined and is parallel to -8o arts the shank C at C This is a very important 1n osition on a hook, both of whic em od my invention, while Fig. 2 is a vont item in the'improvements, as the peculiar its eyelet E. The pointed portion A is out also wards ofi t view 0 same. construction of the hook at those parts pre- In the drawings, A represents the point of vents any link of the chain from lodging on v a k ,-Wh o n e of urning outwardly the top of A, the declivitg; of the latter causas usual, turns inwardly, so as to bring the ing the link to fall away should it touch that 7 pointed part Aunder and within a close dispart, while the projecting part .0 of thetance of the main'sha O of the hookbelow shank, which ractically covers the .top A,

he link from catching thereon. ofi preferably flat at its 'face FL The hnk G Were this rovision not made a link of the 0 is preferably oval in shape (see Fig. 2) and chain wouid sooner or later catch upon the has a portion at H flattened on the inner side, hook near A and 'under the stress of tension but indented with a curved indentation I on would dilate the o ening between F and C I the outer side. Such indentation is preferor might even brea away theslender top of ably formed by swaging upon an anvil when the hook. I v the hnk G-is redot. Such indentation Havingthus described my invent1on,what. should be swaged, not cut; but as I have I claim, and desire to secure by. Letters Patf ound that in swaging the metal outward ent,isi t rrom the indented part exterior curves or In combination, a hook having an e e E widened portions are formed which retain the and a shank extending at an inchne t ere-. I strength of the link at that position. In from to a certain distance, the lower' art of gutt' the link G into the hook B the inj the shank being in the form of 8.. U, t aloft ent ortion I is laid against the shank C of arm'of which is an extension of theinchned the hoo at J and below theeyelet E, so that portion, the extreme end of the ether arm of its inner or flattened portion Hwill slide theU forming 'a'po t, said oint being en-- 5 along a correspondingly'mner flat me F of lla'rged and having an. mclin face which isparallel to itli'einlined 'portlon of the shank I name to tlns spec1fi 'tion ln'the"'presence of Whei'ebyg'an inelined opening iS-fOIIIX6d be two subsoribing witnesses.

' tween the=point and shank and'an' oblong "4 u? link having an indentation formed on, one of i ,7 LUIGE DOMANHJO MATTAgbI 5 its sides so as to enable the link to pass" l/Vitnesses:

through the said o ening. Q 7 I, a v I, {CLAUDE D; RONALD,- In testimony W ereof I hav'e' 'signed my BARTHOLEMEW. 

